Author: Atlanta Black Star

A new lawmaker from Memphis, Tennessee, is making waves after he attended his swearing-in ceremony wearing a dashiki. Democratic Rep.…

COVID-19 sufferers with darker skin died at higher rates than lighter-skinned patients during the height of the pandemic, and now…

A Black Phoenix teen died in police custody after enduring sweltering heat while naked, bloodied and in need of medical…

Attorneys for the family of Lason Butler, a man who died at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia,…

A Miami preschool faced backlash from parents after a teacher allegedly put students in blackface to teach a lesson about…

A Black man who was sentenced to death by an all-white jury in Amarillo, Texas, was executed on Feb. 8.…

A white Georgia woman who claimed Black voters caused her to “fear for her life” is now under investigation for…

A Memphis man is being hailed a hero after discovering twin babies left alone in a cold vacant home. The…

For 17-year-old Gabriel Carothers of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Black History Month is not about the past because he’s making it…

A man, who harassed his West Indian neighbors 30 different times has been sentenced to almost a decade in prison…